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JAL and the Commons Project confirmed that a PCR test result on digital health passport ‘CommonPass’ was perfectly accepted at Narita Airport in departure and Singapore Changi Airport in arrival.
JAL and Uber have agreed to a strategic partnership to use the Uber ride-sharing service and food delivery service in North America and Hawaii on JAL app.
JAL and NEC jointly demonstrate the face recognition processing with a mask on in Kagoshima Prefecture
JAL and NEC will jointly demonstrate the face recognition precessing with a mask on at Kagoshima Airport and in Kirishima City until April 21 2021, testing how it works in travel experiences.
JAL ties up with Kagoshima Pref. to encourage people to travel to Amami Islands, providing free pre-COVID-19 test
JAL will sell ‘New Travel Style’ to send travelers to Amami Islands in tie-ups with Kagoshima Prefecture, providing free PCR test before departure and ‘JAL Online Trip’ featuring the Islands.
JAL reorganizes its business structure into four divisions including the Mileage and Lifestyle Business Division
JAL will reorganize its business structures into four divisions of Route Marketing, Passengers Sales and Marketing, Customer Experience and Mileage and Lifestyle Business divisions to promote digital transformation and to build a sustainable growth base for post-COVID-19.
Following the the state of emergency declaration until February 7, ANA and JAL will cut additional domestic flights, reducing operation rate to around 56% during the period.
ANA and JAL suffered a 60% decrease in passengers during the 2020-2021New Year holidays, affected by suspension of ‘Go To Travel’
ANA and JAL reduced their domestic flight passengers by around 60% year on year and dropped the load factors to 40% during the 2020-2021 New Year holiday period, largely affected by suspension of the domestic travel recovery program 'Go To Travel' nationwide.
JAL provides all international flight passengers with a COVID-19 insurance service for positive cases in traveling
JAL will provide all international flight passengers with ‘JAL Corona Cover,’ an insurance service to compensate medical, testing and quarantine expenses for a positive case in traveling, from December 23 2020 to June 30 2021.
JAL has started selling ‘JAL Dynamic Package ‘ tours to motivate living in two regions for Obihiro City (Hokkaido), Toyoka City (Hyogo), Munakata City (Fukuoka) and Aso City (Kumamoto).
JAL-affiliated LCC ZIPAIR sells an optional PCR test package to Hawaii flight passengers for their confidences
JAL Group LCC ZIPAIR sells optional PCR test package to passengers on it Narita-Honolulu flights, which will be launched on December 19, to ensure their travel confidence.
JAL-affiliated LCC ZIPAIR is ready to fly to Honolulu on December 19, serving a PCR test package as an option
ZIPAIR Tokyo, a JAL subsidiary LCC, will serve 16 Narita-Honolulu flights in the period between December 19 and the end of January 2021, offering a PCR test package at Narita Airport as an option service.
JAL is financing up to 168 billion JPY by issuing new stocks for introduction of efficient A350s and enhancement of the LCC business
JAL is financing up to 168 billion JPY, looking at its business after COVID-19, to introduce environment-friendly A350 and to leverage the LCC business including ZIPAIR. Also, Smart Airport program, including contactless services, will be accelerated.
To raise travelers' confidences at an airport, JAL has introduced a contactless self-checkin kiosk at Haneda Airport as a trial in the beginning. You can check in with a finger in the air 3 cm off the display.
ANA and JAL suffered lower demands than expected in the summer holiday period with domestic load factor of 30% range
ANA and JAL continued suffering low domestic passenger demand during the mid-August summer holiday period because of re-spread of COVID-19 , resulting in the load factor of 30% range.
JAL Group posts net loss of 93.7 billion JPY for the 1st quarter of FY2020, expecting around 40% less full-year passenger revenue
JAL ended the 1st quarter of FY2020 ended Kune 30 2020 with net loss of 93.7 billion JPY due to unprecedented cancellations and reductions of flights amid the COVID-19 crisis, expecting passenger revenue will reduce by 55% to 65% for the full fiscal year.
AB-ROAD Research Center survey shows that ANA and JAL sweep the passenger satisfaction in all categories as well as overall. Singapore Airlines is ranked 3rd overall, dropping from 1st last year.
Expecting to pick up domestic travel demand in this summer, JAL will resume its domestic flights to 66% of the original plan between July 17 and 31 2020.
Japanese airlines suffer from catastrophic reductions in passengers during this year’s Golden Week period under state of emergency declaration
All of the Japanese airlines resulted in catastrophic reductions in passengers during the Golden Week holiday period, considerably affected by state of emergency declaration related to COVID-19.
JAL results in 65% reduction in net profit for FY2019, putting off financial forecast announcement for FY2020
JAL announced its consolidated financial results for FY2019 ended March 31 2020, posting large reductions in revenues and profits due to the unexpected impact of COVID-19 in the fourth quarter.
Hit by large reduction in passenger demands, ANA and JAL revise downward their FY2019 financial outlook
ANA and JAL have revised downward financial outlooks for FY2019 ended March 31 2020 because they have unexpectedly hit by COVID-19.


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that's just the tip of the iceberg. don't get me started on monsanto. there is plenty of info online about this company and the food we eat.
they own the seeds and force small farmers out of business.
no regulations on labeling GMO food.
here's an informative link
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A Monsanto official told the New York Times that the corporation should not have to take responsibility for the safety of its food products.
"Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food," said Phil Angell, Monsanto's director of corporate communications. "Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA's job."
It would be nice to think the FDA can be trusted with these matters, but think again. Monsanto has succeeded in insuring that government regulatory agencies let Monsanto do as it wishes.
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(Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s stock benchmark will rise as much as 17 percent this year as an expanding economy and the sale of stakes in state-owned businesses lure investors, the nation’s largest fund manager said. That would follow a 15 percent climb in 2016.
“The macro situation looks very favorable,” said Alan Pham, Ho Chi Minh City-based chief economist of VinaCapital Group, which manages about $2 billion in assets. He expects Vietnam’s economy to expand 6.5 percent in 2017, up from 6.2 percent last year.
Corporate profits will be buoyed by a stable currency and “reasonable” interest rates, Pham said in a telephone interview Thursday. Earnings at VN Index members are projected to increase 14 percent in the next 12 months, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Last year, the index was buoyed by the growing economy and foreign-direct investment, rising for a fifth consecutive year and recording the biggest gain in three. It has risen 3.3 percent so far in 2017.
Foreigners will continue to invest in Vietnam as the government speeds up the sale of so-called SOEs and pushes companies to list shares, Pham said.
- Consumer and manufacturing stocks will continue to do well this year, Pham said
- “Positive” on banks because industry is “functioning better,” improved liquidity is allowing banks to make loans, buy bonds
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Paypal has today announced the launch of the ‘Pay in 4’ product, a short-term interest free buy-now-pay-later service for merchants in the US. Initially it will cover purchases of between $30 and $600 USD, with re-payments made over a six week period. Paypal is planning to launch their product early in Q4 2020.
With more than 300 million consumer and merchant accounts across more than 200 countries worldwide, Paypal is a global behemoth in the payment industry. For reference, Australian giant Afterpay has 9.9 million active customers, and 55 thousand merchants.
Its unsurprising that today’s announcement has caused some selling in Afterpay. Much of Afterpay’s valuation has been driven by expected continuation of current growth levels, but with more and more players entering the market some are beginning to question whether current growth levels can be maintained.
Much of their growth had been expected to come from the US market, but Paypal’s product launch today now brings this forecast growth into question. Especially given that Merchants will not have to pay additional fees to utilise Paypal’s offering.
Similar to Afterpay, Paypal’s ‘Pay in 4’ will also be free to customers, as long as they pay on time. Otherwise they will incur late fees.
Afterpay is also not the only buy-now-pay-later stock on the ASX that has taken a hit with today’s announcement. Peers such as Z1P, Flexigroup, Splitit, and many more are taking a hit, with today’s announcement potentially impacting their forward outlook.
Emerald Equities advisors have been worried that the current share price for Afterpay represent too much expected future growth. This growth may be achieved, but the risk of a large payment giant coming in and taking control of the market has not been adequately priced-in in our opinion. Paypal could also be the first of many payment giants entering the BNPL market, which has now grown large enough to attract some significant attention.


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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has announced its intention to replace the existing vehicle accounting system.
Ajay Gupta, representative of the Department, said that they are currently testing Tezos blockchain technology to digitise cars. They have also engaged Oxhead Alpha (a software developer) to create a "shadow registry" based on the same blockchain.
The launch of this new system is expected soon, and they even plan to release applications for exchanging NFT tokens through digital wallets managed by DMV as an intermediary to oversee the transactions.
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The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) says it remains cautious on the ongoing demand for the adoption of cryptocurrencies (digital currencies) as legal tender because it could affect monetary policy decisions.
RBM Governor Dalitso Kabambe said this yesterday in Mangochi at the opening of a one-day 2019 Edition of the Monetary Policy Conference under the theme Cryptocurrencies and Monetary Policy in Malawi.
He said the conference sought to deliberate such emerging financial matters and provide insights into how the country can move forward with similar debates taking place globally.
Kabambe described cryptocurrencies as a digital form of currency that can perform in a similar way as coins and bank notes that the central bank releases in the economy.
He said technology firms want to legally push for cryptocurrencies usage to run side by side with central bank currencies.
Kabambe described emergence of cryptocurrencies as the uncharted territory
that will change the conduct of price and financial stability objectives as well as the twin mandates of central banks.
He said: “We are in the early stages of this technology. If you look at the financial system now, it has undergone several significant changes.
“We used to have bank cheques, but we now have plastic money, Internet banking, point of sale devices, mobile money transfers. Over and above, we now have the emergence of digital currencies.”
Kabambe admitted that cryptocurrencies pose a problem to financial stability, but said currently central banks have developed regulatory instruments and frameworks to regulate the financial sector to guarantee fstability.
On his part, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamvekha said cryptocurrencies, if left unchecked, could threaten the economy as some dealers are engaged in fraud.
He said: “As government, we need to probe through this discussion whether unregulated currencies have the potential for uncontrolled money creation; hence, causing inflation.”
In his presentation, associate economics professor at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, Patrick Kambewa, said cryptocurrencies pose challenges to the economy as it may contribute to reduced cross-border trade and undermine performance of conventional financial markets.
He said it was important for the central bank to prioritise the protection of investors and consumers and safeguard the overall financial stability.
Some western countries such as Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Singapore recognise cryptocurrencies as legal tender.


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By Dr. Henry Samueli, Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer at Broadcom.
To fully understand the power of consumer technology, look no further than the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Over the last four decades, CES has been the launch pad for many innovative consumer devices, ranging from the VCR and the camcorder to DVRs and high-definition televisions.
It’s the show where industry insiders converge to see the latest and greatest products and technologies in action. But for anyone who’s trying to get a leg-up on where the trends are headed, it’s worth looking beyond the flashy booths on the main floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
At Broadcom, we make semiconductor components that bring these products to life, creating new technologies to enable experiences that consumers will be eager to adopt in the future.
This year, we’ve got our eye on at least seven important trends that people will be talking about at CES. Here’s a sneak peek:
The Internet of Things Is Upon Us
The idea behind the Internet of Things is simple but powerful: the quality of life of every person on the planet can be vastly improved by connecting everyone and everything to the Internet. When sensors and communications technologies are embedded into many of the objects around us, magical things can happen.
This year, the magic is most obvious around wearable devices, from Internet-enabled smart watches to fitness trackers like the Fitbit or Nike Fuelband that can wirelessly upload data about your health or diet to a smartphone, or to the cloud to share with friends, or even to your doctor’s database.
The Internet of Things sets up the potential for a new wave of hardware entrepreneurs, akin to the recent wave of app developers in the software domain. Combine a standard low-cost development platform incorporating low-power processors and wireless connectivity with ongoing innovation in sensors and you have a recipe for a renaissance in hardware development. Because the barrier to entry is so low, even a small three-person start-up working out of a garage can get funding on Kickstarter and design a new hot product that’s limited only by the imagination.
The beauty of entrepreneurship is that there is no limit to the range of devices that people will create – some frivolous, some profound. Last year, there was considerable CES media buzz around a network-enabled fork designed to keep people on their diets. These innovative concepts have a common thread: They are transforming everyday objects into active network nodes that can “sense” the world around them and report back to the network via always-on low-power communications links.
There’s no doubt that the Internet of Things will be big in 2014 – but we’re still in the very early days of its development. Expect to see rapid growth in the number of IoT devices in the coming years as we head toward an Internet with tens of billions of connected devices.
Wireless Charging: Like Magic
To date, one of the biggest limitations of wireless charging – the almost magical ability to charge mobile phones or other devices through magnetic induction – has been the lack of standardization. Currently, there are three competing standards - but the industry will hopefully converge to one in 2014, setting the stage for interoperability of wireless charging systems from multiple manufacturers. The trend should pick up speed in 2014 and start working its way into the mainstream in 2015, especially if some of the larger consumer electronics manufacturers adopt the technology for mainstream products.
When wireless charging does take off, it should accelerate the Internet of Things marketplace. Suddenly, it will be much easier to charge both wearable devices and smartphones at the same time – without having to physically plug numerous gadgets into the electrical outlet next to the nightstand.
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- This is the company’s first line of premium products to be introduced into the market, and will be primarily distributed in countries with the highest demand for functional and medicinal mushroom superfood products – the U.S., Canada, and Japan
- The company is working with select retailers for an imminent strategic launch date.
- The company is set to launch a premium and user-friendly shopping experience through it’s e-commerce website
- The functional mushroom industry’s current demand is forecasted to $34 billion by 2024, with a global market expected to reach $50 billion by 2025
- The market has no clear brand leader at the moment, but Rritual is intent to capitalize on its innovative product line to take this position
- Company’s current marketing plan can help achieve this goal by simplifying operations and promoting business growth with a reduced time to market
Rritual Mushrooms is emerging as a premium, leading brand in the functional food and mushroom market following the launch of its innovative suite of premium functional mushroom and adaptogenic elixirs this fall. “The health and wellness benefits of mushrooms and plant-based therapies are backed by decades of scientific research. Rritual’s new line of elixirs embraces that research and provides consumers with an easy way to get a daily dose of the powerful effects,” said Dr. Mike Hart, President of Rritual, who also oversaw the development of the new line of products (https://nnw.fm/gdqVJ).
The premium suite of products consists of three different formulas made from the company’s proprietary blend of adaptogenic herbs and organic mushrooms: Reishi Relax, Chaga Immune, and Lion’s Mane Focus.
Developed for stress support, balancing mood, and facilitating restful sleep, the Reishi Relax blend is infused with cacao, ashwagandha root, and cinnamon to provide optimal wellness. Chaga Immune, also featuring Atragulus and the proprietary immune blend created by Rritual, works to enhance immune health and strengthen the body’s stress defenses. Lion’s Mane Focus was developed for cognitive health and enhanced memory and creativity, offering a mental boost as a result of its composition that includes Rhodiola root and Ayurvedic herbs like Bacopa.
Upon release, these premium products will be available through the Rritual website and the Rritual Amazon store. Each elixir will come in a 14 stick pack or 250-gram tub. A combo pack will also be available featuring all three elixir sticks in a 14 count pack.
Rritual’s premium products are the first premium brands to hit the functional mushroom market, a fast-growing sector where demand is growing and is forecasted to rise to $34 billion by 2024. As of right now, there is no clear leader in the industry, but Rritual may take this position with the release of its new products. Globally the market for functional mushrooms is expected to reach $50 billion by 2025. The current marketing structure of Rritual shows the plan to deliver its products to the United States, Canada, and Japan, countries with the highest demand for functional and medicinal mushroom superfood products.
Since its launch in 2019, Rritual’s sole purpose has been to help every person meet the demands within their life with style and ease through mushroom adaptogens. All products are plant-based and vegan, without the use of artificial sweeteners or fillers. Each product produced by Rritual is made with the principle of creating a product with limited, yet purposeful organic ingredients.
Rritual is currently working on two different marketing strategies – e-commerce and brick and mortar. Each of these strategies will be completed in two phases. The fall release is stage one of the e-commerce strategy currently underway. The second stage of the e-commerce strategy is to use team connections to create a direct-to-consumer experience using mediums such as Costco, CVS Pharmacy, Walmart, and Vitacost.
In stage one, the brick and mortar strategy will see the launch of the premium products in four non-competing store chains that have a shared best practice agreement. The stage two plan expands upon the first, but expansion will include 11 more retailers selling the product in a set number of their stores.
The “low hanging fruit” strategy and turnkey, global services market, will significantly lower the time it will take for Rritual’s products to find their way into a leading position within the industry. These strategies also simplify operations and support the company’s scaling efforts, helping it enhance its visibility on a market waiting for a leader.
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Mumbai: Alarmed at the Reliance Industries’ e-commerce push in 2020 with online retail arm JioMart that will deliver groceries and other household essentials, Amazon India and the Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail Ltd (FRL), part of the Future Group, on Monday announced long-term agreements to expand the reach of Future Retail stores and consumer brands through the Amazon India marketplace.
Amazon India will become the authorized online sales channel for Future Retail stores and Future Retail Ltd will ensure the participation of relevant stores on the Amazon India marketplace and its programmes, the companies said in a statement.
The agreements focus on key categories such as grocery and general merchandise, and fashion and footwear.
Future Retail currently attracts over 35 crore footfalls across its retail network such as Big Bazaar and Foodhall.
“Amazon and Future Retail share common values of serving customers everywhere in the best possible manner,” said Kishore Biyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Future Retail Limited.
“This arrangement will allow us to build upon each other’s strengths in the physical and digital space so that customers benefit from the best services, products, assortment and price,” he added.
The grocery segment is a big growth area in 2020.
Announced last week, JioMart will list over 50,000 products and will offer no-questions-asked return policy.
Currently in the soft-launch period, JioMart will provide savings up to Rs 3,000 to those who pre-register for JioMart before the platform goes live.
Reliance Retail’s entry into the online retail sector is the biggest challenge for Amazon and Walmart-Flipkart as the Mukesh Ambani-led behemoth is well positioned to create massive disruption in the market.
Reliance Retail operates 10,415 stores in more than 6,600 cities and towns, with 500 million annual footfalls – giving the company the kind of scale required to swiftly launch India-based operations.


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It seems that Sprint is going to launch the gigantic Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3, which is already available on several other US carriers including AT&T and US Cellular. There’s no official word from Sprint about the availability or pricing of the Galaxy Mega 6.3, but the notorious @evleaks posted a press render of a Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 for Sprint. If you don’t remember, the prolific one posted the press render in white earlier this month as well.
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is expected to hit Sprint as a mid-range phone. The handset doesn’t bring top of the line specifications, but still brings a pretty decent spec sheet at the table. The handset features a gigantic 6.3-inch HD display boasting a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels, a dual-core Snapdragon 400 chipset with a clock speed of 1.7 GHz, Adreno 305 and 1.5GB RAM.
On the storage side, the handset comes with a 8/16GB internal storage with a microSD card support of up to 64GB. Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 also features a 8MP back camera as well as a 1.9MP front-facing camera and runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box. Other features include WiFi, LTE connectivity, Bluetooth and NFC.
There are no details about the official availability, but we hope that Sprint will spill the beans pretty soon.
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Mumbai : In a recent development, the iconic Indian cola brand – Thums Up – appointed Lowe Lintas to handle their creative duties. The mandate comes after an intense multi-agency pitch involving leading agencies in India.
Exhilarated about the win, Naveen Gaur, Deputy CEO, Lowe Lintas, said “We are thrilled to have won Thums Up, the iconic Cola brand of the country! Lowe Lintas is known for creating and nurturing leader brands.To be awarded a brand like Thums Up that is already India’s icon is a great compliment to our brand building capabilities.”
Thums Up is a 40-year-old home-grown cola brand. Over the years, the brand has stood tall in the highly competitive Indian beverages market, as the largest cola brand by far.
Leading the charge at The Coca-Cola Company is Shrenik Dasani, Vice President, Sparkling Category at Coca-Cola India & South West. Speaking about the agency’s appointment, he said, “For over 40 years running, Thums Up has brought the taste of thunder to Indian taste buds. It has always been a unique icon of masculinity which reminds us that heroism is a choice, that we can unleash our true potential if we only choose to push the boundaries of self-belief. We are very excited to continue finding refreshed expressions of this thought, now with our new partner – congratulations to Lowe Lintas on winning the pitch and agreeing to join hands with us. This partnership comes at a truly epic stage of our journey, as we move ever closer to reaching the 1 billion-dollar mark, and as the brand begins to expand beyond India, into South-West Asian markets. We couldn’t have thought of a better ally to help us take the thunder deeper into Indian youth’s hearts and minds.”
The fact that the brand has been consistent in its messaging over the past four decades has helped it immensely. In order to retain its market share, the ‘adventure enticing’ brand will have to employ approaches beyond consistency alone.
The scope of the account includes creative services for Thums Up and its brand extensions. The business will be handled out of Lowe Lintas Delhi.


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PAINESVILLE, OHIO -- Custom injection molder Core Systems LLC has countersued Whirlpool Corp., whose Jan. 24 lawsuit claims Core breached contract.
Core injection molded about 250 parts for Whirlpool plants in Findlay, Clyde, Marion and Greenville, Ohio, before Whirlpool terminated its services Jan. 24. The loss of that business forced Core to close its Mount Gilead, Ohio, plant.
The fates of Mount Gilead and of Core's headquarters plant in Painesville, Ohio, are still being discussed, according to Core counsel Philip Oliss of Cleveland.
Core has returned all of the relevant Whirlpool tooling, Oliss said in a telephone interview.
In the past five years, Whirlpool business has accounted for about $150 million in sales for Core, which had total sales of $47 million for its fiscal year ended Sept. 30.
In a Feb. 3 response to Whirlpool's complaint filing to the court, Core denies most of Whirlpool's allegations and says that, in some cases, it could not meet obligations because Whirlpool interfered with Core and misinterpreted the two parties' agreements.
A key issue in Core's countersuit is a performance improvement plan, agreed to Jan. 11, in which Whirlpool gave Core until March 28 to achieve certain milestones, according to Core. Core said it was coerced into signing the one-side agreement.
In any event, without notice, Whirlpool informed Core it would re-source components and demanded same-day access to Core facilities to reclaim tooling. Core alleges that, at about the same time, Whirlpool cut off a payment system in which Core could quickly sell accounts receivable within 15 days to receive immediate cash. Without that system, Core and its secured lenders were dealing with "tainted" collateral, and Core's relationship with those lenders was jeopardized, according to the molder.
A Jan. 28 interim court order requested Whirlpool pay for manufactured parts and negotiate on economic issues. Core said Whirlpool reneged on that order and offered to buy the parts at 40 percent of the contract price.
On Feb. 3 Whirlpool stopped buying finished parts and refused to compensate Core for raw materials bought for Whirlpool programs.
Core alleges Whirlpool owes it more $4.5 million for finished parts and dedicated raw materials, and it is seeking unspecified damages through the courts. Of that amount, $1.3 million was owed to raw materials suppliers Jan. 21; at that time Core had only $11,000 in cash.
When Core asked Whirlpool to provide it with $250,000 and $900,000 in revolving financing, Whirlpool declined.
Whirlpool, which had complained of delivery and quality problems and competitiveness, had hoped the performance plan would solve those problems.
Core's Feb. 3 filing brings several counts against Whirlpool, including breach of contract for purchasing orders and the performance improvement plan, negotiating in bad faith, interference with Core's accounts receivable system, unjust enrichment and broken promises.
Core is asking for an award of damages and fees to be decided at trial. The case is scheduled for trial by jury May 22, presided over by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent.
Both parties have declined interviews to discuss the status of the tooling and of Core's plants.


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After making a name for it in the Chinese smartphone market, smartphone manufacturer is all set to enter the Indian smartphone market. LeTv will be holding a press conference in New Delhi, India where they will reportedly be unveiling their new range of smartphones for the Indian market. Interestingly, while most smartphone manufacturers entering any new market do that by bringing out not so premium and low end smartphone, LeTv for some reasons has decided to enter the Indian market with premium smartphones.
While there is no confirmed news, sources suggest that the recently launched Le 1S smartphone will be the first one to make its way to the Indian market. Talking about the device, it is rocking a full metal body with a fingerprint sensor on the back. Going inside the hood, you’ll find a Helio X10 octa-core processor paired with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of onboard storage. The device runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with LeTV’s custom skin EUI applied on top of it.
The company will also be present at the CES 2016 to be held in Las Vegas from January 6th to 9th where it is expected to launch the Le Max Pro powered by the Snapdragon 820 and a deca core processor.
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There has been press recently saying china will ban Bitcoin exchanges operation accordingly there is another news revealed on Bitkan.
Bitkan suspends OTC trading
Bitkan is the over-the-counter cryptocurrency trading service provider from China is now suspending OTC trading platform on 14th September. The news has come after the ICO ban announcement in China.
Since People’s bank of china is preparing to shutter Bitcoin exchanges, many platforms seem to comply with the ICO ruling. It is possible through delisting crowd sale driven tokens, since many exchanges have initiated the same process. However, it also coming in view that regulators should not prohibit OTC trading.
Though, the suspension announcement from Bitkan would affect both web based and mobile users. Nevertheless, the app’s wallet function is still accessible to users. Furthermore, the company has not specified when it will re-enable cryptocurrency trading.
ViaBTC would get affected
Nonetheless, ViaBTC was in recent press and news – since they were launching Bitcoin exchange from china in order to control speculation and price fluctuations.
This cryptocurrency exchange was launched in earlier May 2017 and is growing in cryptocurrency market era. The operation of ViaBTC will remain continue and subsequently it has announced adding up 7 cryptocurrencies – to – cryptocurrency trading pairs priced as BTC and BCC.
Moving backward to twitter feed – last week ViaBTC CEO has tweeted that China would shut down all exchanges and other twitter user taken it up for clear illumination and tweeted that “ViaBTC won’t shut down.
We won't going to shut down. We will stop CNY deposit and trade if needed.
— Haipo Yang (@yhaiyang) September 12, 2017
It explains if people’s bank of China does not consider forwarding Chinese bitcoin exchanges, it would stop accepting fiat deposit and also cancel CNY trading pairs.


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ICT Circle firms up its footing in the UAE and plans to expand in the Middle East in the next six months.
Four in 10 UAE consumers experienced online fraud attempts while confidence in digital payments booms: Visa-Dubai Police-DED survey.
The United Arab Emirates Ranks Third Globally for Digital Government Services.
HCI 2.0 enables what technology-powered businesses want and have asked for: built-in intelligence, automation, flexible economic models, enhanced security, and accelerated opportunity to market.
Power into the future with the next generation of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure from HPE. Enjoy uncompromising performance on compute and storage today.
Nick Dyer, Storage Field CTO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, takes us through some of the innovative features of HPE Nimble Storage DHCI.
Partnership aims to pioneer breakthroughs in post-quantum cryptography and neuromorphic computing, leading to effective research outcomes and a knowledge-driven ecosystem in Abu Dhabi and the UAE.
Emirates NBD named ‘Bank of the Year – UAE 2020’ and ‘Bank of the Year – Middle East 2020’ for its digital transformation during COVID-19.
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Company aims to build a distribution network in the UAE, Bahrain and across the MENA region after their successful GITEX participation.
The premium accidental damage warranty is now extended for the comprehensive coverage for the customers in UAE.
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Moro Hub collaborates with Dell Technologies to accelerate the delivery of digital services across UAE’s government and private entities.
Toshiba Gulf FZE appoints regional distributor, Redington Gulf to handle their memory and storage solutions product portfolio for the region, formalising the partnership at GITEX 2020 in a signing ceremony.


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Released: Jul 01st, 1998
Running Time: 55
Director: Bob Bright
Company: Noose Video
Distribution Companies: Legend
Cast: Phoenix (I), Judith (I), Master Adam, Mistress Tatiana
Critical Rating: AAA
Average bondage fare. The box alone should easily sell the video.
The idea is a San Francisco home, outfitted for fetish fun, is made available for experienced participants. A playful, harem opener has Judith lightly spanked and teased by Phoenix and Mistress Tatiana. This could be considered a butt warm-up scene for the next, where master Adam gets quite severe while whacking away on the bright red ass of poor Phoenix. Hot candle wax and boot licking continues the physical tirade of torture.


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OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley and other prosecutors announced Tuesday that two rental car companies have settled a suit that alleged that they overcharged customers for repairs to damaged rental cars.
O’Malley said E-Z Rent-a-Car and Advantage OpCo LLC, which acquired E-Z in 2015, have agreed to pay $3.3 million in civil penalties, $1 million in restitution and $300,000 for investigative costs to settle the consumer protection lawsuit, which was filed in Alameda County Superior Court.
E-Z and Advantage are in the business of renting automobiles to the public and operate at many locations in California, including airports, O’Malley said.
She said customers sometimes have accidents or cause other damage to the cars they rent and car rental companies, in turn, may be able to work out discounted rates at auto body shops used to repair their cars.
California laws prohibit a rental car company from making a claim against the renter that is more than the actual cost of repair, including any discounts and price reductions the company receives, which means that rental companies must pass along the discounts they receive.
But the lawsuit alleged that E-Z and Advantage violated those laws and other laws, claiming that they frequently billed renters based on third-party repair estimates that were higher than the actual cost of repair and failed to pass along the discounts they received.
“We all know how frustrating it is to accidentally damage a rental car. If you happen to do so, you should not be charged an excessive amount to repair the car or need to worry about whether the cost of repair work is being used to generate revenue,” O’Malley said in a statement.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whose office also participated in the suit, said the companies’ practices “caused real economic harm to California consumers, who naturally assumed that the repair bills they received were accurate.”
The complaint alleges that the overcharging practices started with E-Z and were incorporated into Advantage following the merger between the two companies in June 2015.
O’Malley said the companies took steps to change their practices and come into compliance with California law after her office contacted them.
About half of the $1 million in restitution will be distributed by the rental car companies as direct refunds and the rest will be distributed by prosecutors as set forth in the settlement, she said.
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Since we first posted about it back in October talking about its new pre-workout Fury Extreme, Genius Nutrition has been quite busy when it comes to new supplement releases. This week the Romanian based brand has shared news of another new product, with details on an intra-workout formula named Intra-HD.
What is it
The latest creation from Genius Nutrition is actually quite a unique and comprehensive supplement, featuring a wide variety of ingredients for multiple benefits. The brand has put the product together to help with energy, muscle pumps, and endurance; all of which are effects that have ingredients backing them up.
Genius Nutrition Intra-HD comes with a loaded 30g serving size that includes 11.5g of the carbohydrate HBCD, as well as a massive 7g of Glycevol branded glycerol. As big as those two features are, they’re only two of the 16 main ingredients Genius Nutrition has squeezed into the supplement.
Some of those other features alongside Intra-HD’s HBCD and glycerol, are1.25g each of creatine HCl and creatine nitrate, 1.5g of citrulline malate, and two forms of carnitine combining for 1.5g per serving. Genius Nutrition has also included a gram of CarnoGen branded beta-alanine and 75mg of caffeine for energy.
Genius Nutrition’s new Intra-HD is quite an interesting product, purely because its variety of ingredients is very different from your usual intra-workout. The Romanian brand is looking to launch its rather unique Intra-HD sometime soon in the one 25 serving tub and one America Cola flavor for €26 (29.63 USD)


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9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman has received word from sources, which indicate Apple’s eventual release of a brand new SKU in the full-sized iPad lineup. The report aligns well with the 128GB iOS device finding that we posted in the early hours this morning.
Interestingly, Gurman’s sources pinpoint the exact device lineup that the SKU is targeted to hit — the full-sized forth generation iPad with Retina Display.
As per normal Apple internal designations, this latest SKU is labeled Ultimate, which, obviously, indicates that it is a step above the GOOD (16GB), BETTER (32GB), and BEST (64GB) models. Although nothing can be 100% confirmed about the features of this new model, given the findings as of late, it’s highly probable that the upgrade will include a storage bump.
Along with 128GB of storage space, the Ultimate designation may carry with it additional features, but the design will remain consistent with that of current fourth-gen models. 9to5Mac conjectures that this new SKU could be made exclusively for specific agencies — i.e. universities, government, etc. For a few more interesting tidbits, check out the complete post at the link below.


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You have heard of Tennessee whiskey, but what makes whiskey Tennessee whiskey? Lawmakers passed a law last year that said that distilleries that planned to market their whiskey as Tennessee whiskey must follow strict guidelines. Not only must the whiskey be made in the state of Tennessee, it also has to contain at least 51% corn, be filtered through maple charcoal and aged in new, charred oak barrels. It also has to be bottled at a minimum of 80 proof.
While the number one Tennessee whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s is happy with the new law, many other distilleries are not. Jack Daniel’s urged the lawmakers to create the law, but other distilleries say that it is causing them to change their recipes to make their whiskey more like Jack Daniel’s. Another problem with the law is the fact that charred oak barrels are hard to come by. Still, Jack Daniel’s makers believe that the law is the best thing for the state of Tennessee and the whiskey industry.
“It’s really more to weaken a title on a label that we’ve worked very hard for,” said Jeff Arnett, the master distiller at the Jack Daniel’s distillery in Lynchburg, Tenn. “As a state, I don’t think Tennessee should be bashful about being protective of Tennessee whiskey over say bourbon or scotch or any of the other products that we compete with.”
Other whiskey distilleries insist that there are many ways to make whiskey and that they can make good quality whiskey without copying Jack Daniel’s methods. They don’t understand why the law favors the Jack Daniel’s methods.
Whiskey makers who are making their whiskey in Tennessee but are not following the guidelines necessary to call it Tennessee whiskey can still use Tennessee in the name of their whiskey, but must label it as whiskey from Tennessee or whiskey made in Tennessee.
Jack Daniel’s makers believe that the new law will help make the entire whiskey industry more innovative and create new and better flavors from all distilleries.
Do you think the law is fair or does it favor Jack Daniel’s whiskey?
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In what has become a holiday tradition in Hernando County, the Paws and Claus Holiday Art and Craft Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 25 and 26, at Silverthorn Country Club, 4550 Golf Club Lane, Spring Hill. As visitors shop for the perfect artsy holiday gifts and home decor items, they’ll be helping to provide better lives and forever homes for animals in need.
This yearly happening is a benefit and adoption event for local animal charities and rescue groups, featuring 50 local artisans offering unique and beautiful hand-crafted items. It is free and open to the public.
“This is the sixth year for this event, which supports animal rescue groups and charities in Hernando County. And now, we have a designation as a not-for-profit organization,” explained Betty Brown, Paws and Claus co-coordinator. “This will be an adoption event, where people can apply to adopt animals, and a forum for artists and craftspeople in this area.”
True to its name, the Paws and Claus Holiday Art and Craft Fair is strategically scheduled to accommodate shoppers during Black Friday weekend—the most popular time of the year for Yuletide shopping.
“We’ll have nearly 50 vendors, inside and outside,” said Brown. “This is the perfect place to shop for the holidays. We’ll have paintings, jewelry, wreaths, holiday decorations, baskets, ornaments, etc. It’s quite diverse. All items are handcrafted.”
Some of the animal rescue organizations set to benefit from the Paws and Claus Holiday Art and Craft Fair include Paw Warriors, FurEver Friendz Inc., Kathi’s K-9s and Operation Kindness.
Paw Warriors provides a no-cage, no-kill sanctuary for feral and abandoned cats and kittens, as well as education and pet adoption services. FurEver Friendz, Inc. is a registered 501c3, non-profit, foster-based animal rescue organization helping unwanted and abused dogs find loving fur-ever homes. Kathi’s K9s, a 501c3 non-profit rescue, was founded in 2012 to meet the tremendous need for dog rescues in this community. This is a volunteer-operated rescue for dogs and cats in a home environment. Operation Kindness for Hernando County Animal Services, Inc. was formed by a small group of local animal advocates to enhance the quality of life, increase adoptions and educate the public on behalf of the animals at Hernando County Animal Services. Operation Kindness is a nonprofit organization providing financial and in-kind support to HCAS to enhance the care of all animals in placement.
“This is the second year Operation Kindness will be participating in Paws and Claus at Silverthorn,” said Abby Evert, president of Operation Kindness. “This is another wonderful event for both the vendors and animal rescue groups, given the continuing community support. We’re thrilled to be a part of this program again this year.”
The Paws and Claus Holiday Art and Craft Fair resulted from a collaboration involving Anne Kraus-Keenan, Betty Brown, Dennis Brown, and Linda Allen. The event holds special meaning for Brown, who is both an animal parent and a maker of fine jewelry.
“Now more than ever, people are abandoning animals by the side of the street and leaving them behind in empty houses,” she said. “We need to find them good homes. We need people to adopt these pets.”


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2023 Vape Show in Russia
Exhibition time: 2023/4/29-30
Bilateral trade between China and Russia exceeded $190 billion in 2022 and is likely to exceed $200 billion by 2023. Investment cooperation between China and Russia is also growing rapidly. Although Russia’s trade with Europe has been severely hindered, China still sincerely develops economic and trade relations with Russia in the face of extreme difficulties, which is a boost to the Russian economy and an incentive to promote the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative.
With the withdrawal of European and American tobacco markets and the gradual reduction of foreign e-cigarette brands’ business in Russia, it will be a blue sea for Chinese e-cigarettes to go to Russia in the next 3 years.
By the end of 2021, there were more than 5,000 stores selling e-cigarettes in Russia, including more than 1,100 in the Moscow region. According to real estate platform DNA REALTY, the number of tobacco shops in Russia grew by at least 20 percent in 2022, with the bulk of their profits coming from e-cigarette sales. BAT (British American Tobacco) will withdraw from the Russian and Belarusian tobacco markets in 2023. PMI (Fimo International) is also considering to retain its business in Russia, because Russia is the seventh largest tobacco market of PMI and the largest investment company of international tobacco companies in Russia. JTI(Japan Tobacco) suspended investments in Russia and Imperial Tobacco IMB transferred its Russian operations to a successor in Russia.
As Russia’s tobacco industry relies heavily on the support and investment of foreign brands, once the withdrawal of international tobacco companies will cause a large shortage in the Russian tobacco market, which will lead to a sharp increase in the price of tobacco products sold in Russia.
New tobacco products (HNBS) and e-cigarettes have great potential as alternatives to the tobacco market in Russia, where e-cigarette consumers account for 6.8% of the total number of smokers. After the United States and Europe, Russia is the world’s third largest importer of electronic nicotine delivery systems. China accounts for 90 per cent of the global market. In 2021, China’s exports to Russia reached 82.5 billion rubles. This year it could increase by 35 percent to 111 billion rubles.”
Vladimir Bravin, head of Russia’s Federal Customs Service, previously said his agency expects Russian-Chinese trade to rise to $170 billion by the end of 2022, up 26 percent in the first November of this year.
The Moscow Vape Show, April 29-30, opens again
More than 7,000 visitors are expected to visit, and more than 100 brands will be exhibited, covering an area of 5,500 square meters. A number of e-cigarette KOL support, top models platform, scene famous DJ support …………
April, May, June exhibition information
Live broadcast of Russian Exhibition and French Exhibition in April
Live broadcast of e-cigarette exhibition in Germany, Colombia, Egypt, Italy, Kazan, Russia and Birmingham in May
Dubai Vape Show and Spain Vape Show in June


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[Updated: 12 Feb, 2020]
The battery model of Samsung Galaxy A31 smartphone has appeared on the website of SafetyKorea today. As expected, the battery bears the model number EB-BA315ABY. The blurred image manages to reveal and confirm the presence of 4850 mAh as Rated capacity and 5000 mAh as the Typical capacity of the battery. You can check out the images here.
[Original: 29 Jan, 2020]
The battery of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A31 smartphone that has a model number of SM-A315F has bagged approval from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in India.
The certification has not revealed any information about its specifications. However, it is a good proof that it is heading to the Indian market.
The BIS listing of the Samsung Galaxy A31’s battery shows its model number EB-BA315ABY. According to a recent report, a few details of the specifications of the Galaxy A31 smartphone are out. It had revealed that the smartphone will be arriving with a frontal shooter of 16-megapixel.
The predecessor Galaxy A30 came with a dual camera setup. The new leak reveals that the successor Galaxy A31 model could be arriving with a triple camera system. It may consist of a 48-megapixel main lens, a 5-megapixel secondary lens along with a macro lens.
Samsung Galaxy A31 could be equipped with a 5,000mAh battery. It is much larger than the 3,000mAh battery that drove the predecessor smartphone. The other specifications of the smartphone are currently under the wraps. The phone may come in storage editions such as 128 GB and 64 GB.
In December, Samsung had launched the Galaxy A51 and Galaxy A71 smartphones together in Vietnam. The rumor mill is also speculating on the arrival of the Galaxy A41. Samsung may unleash both phones together. As of this writing, there is no official confirmation on the existence of Galaxy A31 and A41 from the South Korean company.
Samsung Galaxy A41 could be flaunting a quad camera system on its rear. It may comprise a primary shooter of 48-megapixel, a secondary lens of 25-megapixel, a 2-megapixel third lens and a macro lens. The Galaxy A41 may only arrive in 64 GB storage edition. It could be coming with a 3,500mAh battery, as we revealed last week. Hopefully, further reports will reveal more details on the specs of the forthcoming Galaxy A31 and Galaxy A41 phones.


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The leakster of the moment, @evleaks published some fresh shots of the BlackBerry Z10, or better said some fresh press renders that show us the handset in all its splendor and greatness. The BlackBerry Z10 will be unveiled together with BB 10 OS in just a matter of days. On January 30 RIM has a big event scheduled to make those unveilings.
The Z10 has been the flagship model, the more talked about unit of the upcoming BlackBerry duo, that also includes the X10 handset. As you can see right here in these pics, the Z10 looks pretty sweet, nicer than most Android phones and prettier than the iPhone 5, I guess. The Z10 has been spotted in the wild a while back and it was also seen in various hands on videos, leaked pics, hands on pics and comparisons with the iPhone 5, to name just a few.
What we’re dealing with here is a handset without capacitive and physical keys, relying solely on its swipe gestures to get around BB 10 OS. The Z10 uses a dual core CPU, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage, a microSD card slot, HDMI connectivity and it offers an 8 megapixel camera at the back, plus 1800 mAh battery.


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E-Commerce Giant Amazon Backs Wax Blockchain-Based Fractional Trading Card Market Dibbs: Report
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When in October 2013, Google executive Chairman Eric Schmidt claimed that Android operating program trounced Apple mobile security, a degree of excitement swept across the tech business and as soon as once more the query of mobile safety was top of the news. What these media restrictions limited most was the capacity of South Africans and the Planet to know the complete story of events that lay behind the editorials of South Africa as dictated by the Apartheid State legislature, capital and military interests, via coercion of Africans. Nevertheless, online news sites affiliated with Television stations had been far more prone to utilize multimedia according to the identical study. Mobile bike company run by men and women who are only bicycle hobbyists, and not business individuals, generally locate the going hard in today’s competitive industry.
It’s a better phone than the smartphone was, and the sturdiness and extended battery life makes for a very reliable device. Consumers are utilised to receiving the newest updates, and there is so considerably news about that old news is swiftly discarded. Pop-up type advertisements that seem on the viewer’s screen prior to or whilst reading news are also offered for some websites. With mobile technologies now becoming frequent, individuals can even take their social networking on the go. Researchers have questioned however, how all this on the web relating effects an individual’s real life social relationships, sense of self and sense of loneliness or alienation.
Mobile phones are a great invention and virtually a perfect technological breakthrough. In his 1995 book Being Digital, Nicholas Negroponte predicted that in the future, on- line news would give readers the ability to pick only the subjects and sources that inter- ested them. This serial number is known as the IMEI quantity (International Mobile Equipment Identity). Although there are a lot of things that can go incorrect with a bicycle, it is important to verify with the mobile bicycle repair specialist what services they supply.
Apple typically finds a way to interrupt competing news The business has been known to drop press releases in the course of CES or send out invites to iPad events for the duration of Mobile Globe Congress. Personally I am with creating it rain money from the marketing and advertising and doors that tech could open up. The significance of Twitter as a news and details platform will be largely influenced by its adoption, both in journalism and other spheres. Society managed just fine without having mobile phones in the past, yet right now they are typically viewed as a necessity.
In today’s world, mobile device testing as effectively as mobile phone testing is in enormous demand. Google has been operating miles to implement Google Wallet app to enable its customers do all online mobile financial transaction. The smartphone and multi-touch concept is a technological feat that holistically changed the idea of communication and computing. As I predicted the introduction of 4G hasn’t affected the WiFi company also significantly, mobile information is nevertheless …


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Once upon a time, Android lacked a lot of features and it was actually quite hideous to look at. Companies like HTC, Samsung, Sony, what have you, they created Android skins because they wanted to actually provide their customers with a better experience. Fast forward to today and stock Android is gorgeous and packed to the brim with functionality, but those same software skins still exist because customers identify TouchWiz with Samsung, Sense with HTC, and TimeScape (old name?) with Sony. It’s debatable whether these skins are still needed, but enough about that, let’s get to today’s latest leak.
Later this year, HTC is going to launch a 5.9 inch phone called the HTC One Max. Rumors say it’ll be the first HTC phone to launch with Android 4.3, and more importantly, it’ll be the first to have Sense 5.5. What you’re looking at above is the home screen for Sense 5.5, and from the look of it, it’s a lot cleaner than what’s currently shipping on the One and those new Desires.
Speaking about the One, when will it get Sense 5.5? Again, citing the rumors, they say roughly around the time the One Max starts shipping, which is currently estimated to be around late October or November. That’s not exactly far away, but not close either.
But by then we’ll all be talking about the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat, right?


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Women rise in car industry
INCHEON - Nobody thought Monaco pink cars would sell here until GM Korea proved them wrong.
And now women executives and designers are increasingly infiltrating the machismo-laden and male-dominated Korean auto industry in response to a market in which the fairer of the species often call the shots.
“It’s not just men buying cars,” said Cynthia Brinkley, vice president of General Motors’ global human resources team, who is visiting Korea this week to attend a two-day conference.
“[Purchasing cars] is a decision that is, frankly, largely driven by females. And having a female voice in the process, from leadership, product development and manufacturing to human resources and design will eventually bring better products,” she added.
GM Korea has also found this to be the case.
When the company launched its Monaco-pink-colored Chevrolet Spark in July of last year, its rivals predicted the color would prove a giant turkey. But in one given month of sales in Korea, the pink cars actually accounted for 35 percent of Sparks sold. No other single color in the Chevy lineup has eaten up more of the pie for a model in one month.
“The car has been very successful in the Korean market,” said Mike Arcamone, president and chief executive of GM Korea, adding that the carmaker came up with the idea by responding to feedback from female consumers and having women employees participate in research and development.
This puts GM Korea in the role of “barrier breaker” as a company that creates a “workplace that supports women and, above all, their success” amid a male-dominated manufacturing industry in the country, he added.
The automaker, the local unit of U.S.-based General Motors, believes that times are changing, with more women executives, designers and engineers entering the industry to fine-tune cars to the needs - and whims - of a market that is no longer just for men.
As such, it organized a conference yesterday dedicated to strengthening their talents and competitiveness at the Hyatt Regency Incheon - a rare networking opportunity in the industry. The turnout was better than expected, with at least 150 female managers, executives and students exuding energy and passion in the hotel’s ballroom.
According to the automaker, GM Korea has around 900 female employees, which is triple the number it had when it launched nine years ago. It also created a special women’s committee in 2005 to maximize the development potential of its staff and help scout out top talent.
One in five senior-level positions at GM are occupied by women, and Mary Barra, the company’s senior vice president in charge of global product development, serves as the highest-ranking female employee in the industry.
And whereas women sometimes rule in other sectors like retail, for example at Pepsi and Kraft, the global auto industry has not yet seen a female CEO.
Other local automakers have fewer female executives than GM’s local unit. Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, the nation’s two-largest automakers, have a sum total of two out of 500 female executive-level officials.
“The automobile industry has traditionally been male oriented, as it involves working in factories and research centers where male employees tend to exert control over their female colleagues,” a staffer at Hyundai Motor said.
This level of inequality was partly reflected in a report by the World Economic Forum released Tuesday that ranked Korea 107 out of 135 countries, three places lower than where it sat on the list last year.
But there may be signs of an upswing in women’s fortunes, at least in the more creative side of the auto industry.
“There is much potential for growth of the female workforce, especially in the areas of marketing, promotion, design, which are all growing,” the Hyundai employee added.
Ssangyong Motor, the nation’s smallest automaker, has no high-level female officials.
“We all know that females don’t go into areas like engineering, math, science, so we don’t have enough engineers in the first place,” Brinkley said. “So it’s very challenging to find engineers.”
By Lee Eun-joo [email@example.com]
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Department store chain Nordstrom has seen a 5.8 percent growth in net sales within the first quarter of 2018 compared to last year, as it further invests in digital and modern strategies.
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A concessionaire at Jackson Hole Airport (JCO) in Wyoming has implemented an AI-enabled autonomous retail solution designed to streamline the shopping experience with touchless self-checkout technology.
The UST Vision Checkout technology is deployed at the Bistro and Grab & Go areas of Jedediah’s; the sole food vendor at an airport welcomes over 500,000 passengers annually. This gives passengers the ability to quickly self-checkout through a rapid process that is guided by AI.
With Jedediah’s at the Airport seeing major demand spikes that accompany flight departure schedules, the streamlined process offered by UST Vision Checkout allows employees to devote themselves to meeting other customer needs during peak service times, UST said in a press release. Furthermore, the automated nature of UST Vision Checkout makes it possible for the restaurant to keep its doors open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and ensure that passengers can always purchase whatever items they desire.
“At Jackson Hole Airport, most flights depart at midday, meaning that vendors can rapidly see an influx of 500 to 1000 people, making it difficult to move customers efficiently through the checkout process,” said Rhea Brough, General Manager, Jedediah’s at the Airport. “The addition of UST Vision Checkout gives passengers the ability to quickly self-checkout through a rapid process that is guided by AI. This makes it easier for us to rapidly meet their needs and ensure that everyone has the food they need prior to boarding,”


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Here’s a consumer car puzzle. More Canadians are driving new cars these days. But fewer Canadians are buying new cars. What gives? The answer lies in the explosive popularity of auto leasing. In 1992, leases accounted for only about 10 percent of new-vehicle transactions. By 1997, the figure had ballooned to 40 percent.
Stagnant wages and skyrocketing sticker prices have helped fuel this trend. A recent study for the Royal Bank showed that owning a new vehicle was more difficult in 1998 than at any time in the previous 20 years. Despite low interest rates, the average Canadian had to shell out nearly 42 weeks of pay to buy a typical new vehicle this year, compared with 26 weeks in 1991.
It’s easy to understand the allure of leasing: low monthly payments, little or no down payment and the chance to drive a brand-new vehicle every few years. What could be simpler or more convenient?
The appeal of leasing is so powerful that auto analyst Dennis DesRosiers, president of DesRosiers Automotive Consultants in Toronto, calls it “the crack cocaine of the auto industry.” He believes that consumers and dealers can get hooked on leasing without considering the long-term effects. “There’s an element of voodoo economics in leasing,” says DesRosiers. “It’s one low payment a month-for life.”
Because leasing is essentially a long-term rental agreement where the consumer may have the option of buying, it’s a more complex transaction than buying. In short, it’s harder to know if you actually save money over the long haul. Few provinces have disclosure laws governing leases, so basic information such as vehicle cost and the interest rate may be missing. This makes it easier for dealers and leasing companies to pad costs, particularly since people tend to focus on the monthly payment.
Leasing consultant Rob LoPresti found it so frustrating trying to compare leasing with buying that in 1993 he developed the CarCalculator software package to help do the job. LoPresti says an ideal candidate for leasing is someone who changes vehicles every two or three years, needs to maintain a certain business image, or needs a more expensive vehicle than he or she can afford. “An example would be a family that needs a minivan but can only afford loan payments on a compact vehicle,” says LoPresti, president of OrangeSoft Corp. in Pickering, Ont. “Or a self-employed person who needs a full-size truck.”
While it’s easy to sign a lease, it can be difficult to break one. Find out what happens if you lose your job or your driver’s licence, move to the U.S. or need to switch vehicles. Get assurances in writing. Earlier this year, I heard from the granddaughter of a 77-year-old widow whose husband died after making the first lease payment on a 1997 car worth $27,500. Although her late husband had put $7,200 down, when the widow tried to return the two-month-old vehicle (since she didn’t drive), she was told she’d have to pay $1,200 to return it, or find someone to assume the lease. Luckily, a relative agreed to do the latter.
Maryanna Lewyckyj is consumer advocate for the Toronto Sun. She conducts car care seminars for women through her company, Autophobics Anonymous.
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Over the course of a few weeks’ time, I’ve been able to visit Abraham Lincoln High school’s campus and observe the health practices when it comes to the behavior that students and adults show towards the matter.
So far the campus have no visible printed posters or bulletins which advertises or reminds students, teachers, or members of the school to stay physically and/or mentally in shape, nor does the campus share any explicit public depiction printed reminders on nutritional food value or any physically printed health related ads, which makes me question whether this school offers any health courses or workshops that help inform its students and school members to become aware of their current health status and/or any required relations to public health policies.
The school, however, does show signs in the full participation in banning vending snack machines that used to sell potato chips, cookies, soda and candy, all of which contains high saturated fats, high salt and sugar levels, and other unnatural process chemicals because their replacements are trail mixes, low salted peanuts, baked chips, bottle water or low sugar bottle fruit juices and low sodium and sugar crackers. The prohibition of unhealthy vending machines has been implemented since 2005 according to a teacher whom I have spoken to during a classroom visit.
Although the prohibition is implemented on junk food, there are students on campus who still occasionally will take out a bag of chips, a few pieces of candy, or a bottle of soda from their backpacks or will be seen sharing them with their friends. The implication of seeing students taking out junk food from their backpacks mean they have simply purchased and have brought it with them from outside the campus. It would be a danger, however, to simply blame retail stores or markets, which most of them are located close by the campus, because of their accessibility to provide students with their so-called junk food delights. The critical problem that is presented here is students who choose to consume unhealthy snacks arrives from the result of a lack of a decent nutrition education course or a workshop that focuses on the effects food have on the health of a human body. When there is no guidance or an aid of accessible information about nutrition, it is no surprise that students and even adults will make poor choices when it comes to selecting valuable food quality.
On the other hand, the school’s current prohibition on junk food is not necessarily the best solution in helping students make better choices in nutritional food because it simply forces students to eat a diet their mind and body may refuse to adapt easily into and it also oppresses the student’s psychological development since the prohibition reduces and limits their choices to a specific range of food selection, and which results to the behavior and perhaps an explanation of why students decide to rebel and bring junk food on campus. I think if the campus wants to become a complete junk food free community, if that is the objective, then the school would need to simply have a relaxed policy on junk food and provide simple printed health reminders that one’s health quality is determined by the choices and actions and food one takes in during one’s lifetime – something simple like that will perhaps make a better impact on the choices students make rather than to enforce it upon them. And furthermore students will benefit more from having nutrition or health teachers who will take the time and make the effort to hold brief workshops or weekly courses which specifically focuses on the variety of different key health related subjects like learning how to eat proportional size meals, developing good physical exercise habits, balancing one’s inner and outer relationship attitude towards work and personal tasks and habits – to name a few health related objectives – would definitely be worth an investment for this school to make if it wants to further improve the physical and psychological health awareness of students and adults who lives and works within the school’s community.
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Two Kongz NFTs were sold during the auction in an effort to help Africa’s oldest national park
Activity for the CyberKongz NFT collection spiked in the past 24 hours, following a charity auction held in collaboration with Christie’s. Two CyberKongz NFTs switched owners for a cumulative value of 281.6 ETH, or more than $1.2 million. The funds are intended to help Virunga National Park, the oldest national park in Africa.
In the past 24 hours, CyberKongz generated upwards of $2.4 million in trading volume, which is an 81% increase from the day before. Additionally, the number of traders interacting with the platform increased by close to 70%.
Following the auction, CyberKongz has steadily climbed up DappRadar Top NFT Collections charts. The gorillas are currently eighth in terms of trading volume for the past 24 hours, beating big competitors like Art Blocks, and Mutant Ape Yacht Club.
Virunga National Park is home to over one thousand species of mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian as well as 1/3 of the world’s endangered mountain gorillas. Donating the proceeds from the CyberKongz sales will help the park ensure the well-being of hundreds of gorillas.
Two CyberKongz for sale
CyberKong #201 and CyberKong #46 were on auction, organized by famous auction house Christie’s. The proceeds from both of these sales went to Virunga National Park’s wallet address as a charitable donation.
CyberKong #46 is now stored in Keung.eth’s wallet. Keung is obviously an avid NFT collector, as his portfolio consists of numerous Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, several more CyberKongz and the impressive 57 the littles NFTs. He purchased CyberKong #46 for 96.6 ETH, or about $428,165. The CyberKong is currently the most expensive NFT in Keung’s wallet according to the DappRadar value estimator.
CyberKong #201 was purchased by The Sandbox. Impressively, the team behind one of the most popular virtual worlds at the moment paid a whopping 185 ETH, or $820,395. The Sandbox has amassed a pretty interesting collection of NFTs in their portfolio. Aside from the charity auction CyberKong, the wallet also stores 2807 other NFTs with a total value of $26.7 million. Featuring big collections like BAYC, Cool Cats and World of Women, The Sandbox has an impressive portfolio.
Those interested should also check out The Sandbox Alpha, which gamers can download for free from the official website. In the freely accessible test version of the game, players can visit a museum where The Sandbox showcases a part of their impressive collection.
Christie’s is all in on NFTs
Christie’s teamed up with OpenSea to create an exclusive auction collection of 22 NFTs. The auction saw the two charity CyberKongz alongside the likes of art pieces by FVCKRENDER, Tristan Eaton, and Andre Oshea.
The total volume generated during the auction reached 843 ETH, or close to $4 million. As is the case with CyberKongz, some of the proceeds went to charitable causes. Importantly, last night’s auction is further proof that traditional art dealers and auction houses are steadily recognizing the value in the NFT market.
DappRadar will continue monitoring the space, as more big names like Christie’s enter the NFT world. To learn the latest news about NFT auctions and sales, follow DappRadar on Twitter, and join our vibrant Discord community.


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Spotlight on Sustainability Advocate: Enviro-Solutions
April 23, 2012 | Written By: Healthy Schools Campaign
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We recently spoke with Enviro-Solutions, a leader in green cleaning and a sponsor of HSC’s Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, about their new video contest. Vice president and general manager Mike Samchuk said, “Our belief is that having schools in the healthiest possible condition is the right thing to do.”
Enviro-Solutions provides resources to help school facilities convert to a green cleaning system. “We have the opportunity to provide every product that is certified green,” said the vice president. “We can convert all of [a school’s] cleaning chemicals to green certified products and give them a healthier school environment.”
Providing environmentally-friendly products provides an intrinsic value for Samchuk and Enviro-Solutions employees.
“It’s a wholesome feeling. You feel good like you’ve done something wonderful,” he said. “People come back to us and tell us that since we started using your products, I don't have headaches.”
He adds, “it's the right thing to do for the health and safety of the users, occupants and visitors, and for the earth: to use products that can do the same job for the same price that are proven safe for people and the environment.”
Samchuk forecasts a new trend in efforts to maintain our environment. “Years ago it was green and green cleaning. Now we’re evolving to sustainability, we’re going to give the Earth to the next generation the way in which we found it. That’s not good enough,” he said. “The next movement will be restorability. We should be looking at restoration to get more forest, get more wetlands reducing pollution so the Earth can be in a better position. It will be a key initiative in engaging youth.”
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If Rupert Murdoch buys Time Warner, the world’s other great media titan will be there to pick up the scraps.
Jon Stewart said Tuesday on the Daily Show that he is launching a $10 billion Kickstarter campaign to buy CNN. The legacy news station, whose value is reportedly around $10 billion and is a Time Warner company, would likely be up for sale if Rupert Murdoch were successful in his bid to acquire the media conglomerate.
Ten billion dollars?
“It’s a lot of money for anyone,” said Stewart on Tuesday. “But not a lot of money for everyone.”
So that’s where the Daily Show host’s campaign comes in. Stewart’s LetsBuyCNN.com mimics a Kickstarter page, though it doesn’t actually allow users to contribute money toward the goal. Hypothetically, a contribution of $1 billion would allow you to host a CNN anchor Hunger Games-style fight to the death.
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MMORPG ‘Black Desert’ gets battle royale mode soon
A few days ago, Black Desert Online’s Executive Producer Jae-Hee Kim reveals upcoming plans for the popular MMORPG. One of the most spectacular announcements made was the “Shadow Arena,” a new battle royale mode. In Shadow Arena, every player starts as a “Black Spirit” and needs to find a fallen adventurer and possess her. By destroying supply crates and defeating computer-controlled enemies, players can accumulate equipment and skills. When everyone is killed except for one, the match ends. According to Pearl Abyss, up to fifty players are supported and the mode should launch soon. It’s unclear when it’ll make its way to the Xbox One version.
At E3 2017, Microsoft announced that the game would be launching on Xbox One in 2018. While we still don’t have a concrete release date, the developer did provide some details about the console version.
Black Desert is supposedly targeting native 4K resolution on Xbox One X. Since Black Desert appears to be a graphically-intensive experience, hopefully Pearl Abyss will utilize a dynamic rendering solution which automatically lowers the resolution when it senses a dip in performance. However, maybe the team will come up with another way to get better results in populated areas.


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When President Obama indulges in fast food while traveling he exhorts interested onlookers: “Don’t tell Michelle.” The fit First Lady is, of course, an advocate of healthy foods and outspoken about childhood obesity. She had her own “Don’t tell Barack” moment recently, when she stopped at a diner in Milwaukee and had classic greasy fare: a burger and fries. Mrs. Obama’s meal really wouldn’t be anyone else’s business were it not for her own aspiration to rewrite the nation’s menus.
In a speech to the National Restaurant Association, the First Lady reportedly “pleaded with restaurants small and large to take a little butter or cream out of their dishes, use low fat milk and provide apple slices or carrots as a default side dish on the kids’ menu.”
Of course people should eat healthier. American adults are overweight; so are their offspring. But Mrs. Obama’s health initiatives are perturbing on more levels than the food pyramid. Not only does this seem rather invasive, as privately owned restaurants have always possessed the right to sell raw foods, obscene amounts of alcohol, and food laden with butter as long as that’s what their customers are willing to pay for. It also ignores the personal responsibility of those who choose to partake.
None of this is of any concern to Mrs. Obama, who proceeds directly from the fact that obesity is unhealthy to the notion that government officials — and their hectoring wives — should regulate our diets accordingly. To a certain extent, however, her pet crusade is more overblown than young people are overweight. According to the National Institutes of Health, malnutrition and health maladies among young people aren’t among the top killers of infants to 24-year-olds. Instead, accidents, cancer, and homicide are the three biggest culprits.
Obesity is nevertheless more fashionable and gives the health police, who have long been regulating tobacco, new avenues for exercising their power. When Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) asked then Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor if Congress had the power to mandate the recommended daily servings of fruit and vegetables, he might not have been just illustrating a point. Perhaps he was being prescient.
To make matters worse, Mrs. Obama fails to practice what she preaches. A quick look at the menus at White House state dinners she attends provides a study in caloric intake, despite her pleas for a more nutrition-conscious nation. Huckleberry cobbler is a family favorite and she recently admitted she is a French fry lover and her kids devour macaroni and cheese. Do as I say, not as I do.
Those who resent extreme anti-smoking activists have been known to argue hyperbolically, “Smoking is healthier than fascism.” Similarly, a steady diet of fat may be preferable to moral busybodies forcefeeding their preferences to the rest of us, clogging the arteries of the body politic.
Maybe next time Mrs. Obama ventures out to a diner she should tell curious bystanders: “Shh, don’t tell restaurateurs.”


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Advance technology erasing the line between the real world and virtual world urge has created a big competition between the metaverse and virtual reality, especially on which one will last longer.
After major corporations began investing in it, the metaverse became one of the trendiest subjects of conversation in the tech community. Massive corporations like Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Sony, and many others are using their distinctive platforms to enter the metaverse. After Facebook’s announcement to change its name to Meta in October 2021, the term “metaverse” began to acquire popularity.
One of the most intriguing ideas in modern technology is the idea of a virtual world where one may escape the real one. People have probably been hearing a lot lately about the latest metaverse advancements. However, there has been discussion about how the metaverse compares to virtual reality due to the deep-seated relationship between the two technologies.
Technologies Influencing the future of Metaverse
The quick change in the world after the pandemic has given the rise to technology to shape the new reality that is a significant trend influencing the future for decades.
Virtual reality & Augmented Reality
In upcoming years, virtual reality equipment or devices are going to be an integral part, and metaverse will use VR headsets for interaction. These VR headsets are not just used for work or play but to create a world that will be the reel image of the real. 3D experiences that are immersive and immersive are offered via virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). It serves as the portal into the virtual world. The physical world is altered with computer images in augmented reality.
In contrast to virtual reality, it is simpler to use and compatible with the majority of smartphones and digital cameras. Users can explore their environment through interactive digital graphics using augmented reality. Physical models will be possible to be incorporated into the metaverse experience as VR technology develops.
As an outcome, with the program, users may hear, feel, and communicate with individuals from around the globe. More businesses are probably going to invest in creating virtual reality and augmented reality devices in the future because of the hoopla around the metaverse.
In web 1.0, there were few content producers, and the majority of consumers just consumed material. In the web 2.0 era, they constantly come up again. As a platform for software applications other than merely desktop PCs, Web 2.0 hinders web development.
As a result, social networks, blogs, and sharing websites saw a huge increase in user participation in content creation. Web 2.0 technologies, however, dramatically increase the dominance of centralized tech companies and allow for monitoring and deceptive advertising.
The decentralized Blockchain technology, which enables users to connect to an internet where they own the data and time and are fairly compensated, is one of the benefits of web 3.0. In the future, web 2.0 could be used in semantic metadata enabling devices to learn sentence meaning, its generation, content sharing, and search results analysis. Additionally, web 3.0 connect greater connection between data sources. This will enhance user experience taking to the higher connectivity level and putting everything on the internet.
Internet of Things (IoT)
A system connecting things of the physical world to the internet through sensors and gadgets. The unanimous identifier capability of these gadgets will be used for information retrieval while connected to the internet. The IoT application designed for metaverse is used for data collection and distribution from the real world. This distribution will make digital representations more accurate. With the help of the Internet of Things, voice-activated speakers, thermostats, medical equipment, and other gadgets may now access a variety of data sources.
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As multiple streaming services prepare for an intensifying battle over European subscribers, British-made content continues to surge. This content bonanza and bidding wars between buyers are driving up prices for shows.
Never known for adapting to changing markets, European companies are now forced to forge alliances in hopes of staying relevant after the well-timed onslaught of Netflix in Europe.
As of September 30th, Netflix has over 158 million total subscribers – 60.6 million at home and 97.7 million around the world.
Netflix missed its quarterly subscriber forecast for the second consecutive quarter in a row. The company’s slowdown ahead of the introduction of several new subscription services is a troubling sign.
Lionsgate is said to be in talks to split its film and television production business from its recently acquired premium-channel Starz into separate companies.
Disney will ban all advertisements from Netflix across all of Disney’s entertainment platforms, including its television networks.
The battle between streaming services is heating up. Amazon and Disney have been unable to reach terms regarding Amazon’s Fire TV devices.
After a decade of primarily focusing on episodic content, Netflix wants to break the theatrical glass ceiling, especially since they are funding more original films.


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The ability to hand pick the components you want in your smartphone is still a relatively pie-in-the-sky idea, but there's light at the end of the tunnel after Motorola revealed Project Ara.
Speaking on the Motorola Blog, Paul Eremenko - who's part of the Project Ara Team - explained "the design for Project Ara consists of what we call an endoskeleton (endo) and modules.
"The endo is the structural frame that holds all the modules in place. A module can be anything, from a new application processor to a new display or keyboard, an extra battery, a pulse oximeter - or something not yet thought of!"
We saw the PhoneBloks concept pop up last week, but while its creator Dave Hakkens doesn't actually know how to make it work the folks over at Motorola already have some idea.
Eremenko revealed that Motorola had been working on the Ara project for over a year now and they've actually met Hakkens who they're working with. Motorola are doing the technical side of things, while Hakkens is creating a community around the project.
Motorola will be inviting developers to start creating their own modules for the Ara platform in the coming months, with the alpha version of the dev kit planned for a launch this winter.
There's no clear timeframe for when we may see the first working modular handset, but Motorola promises us that "there will be a lot more coming from us in the next few months" - we're intrigued to see where this will go.
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A Qualcomm sign is seen at the China International Import Expo (CIIE), at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, China November 7, 2018. REUTERS / Aly Song
(Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc. (Reuters)QCOM.O) reported a loss in its fourth quarter on Wednesday, hurt by litigation expenses from its patent battles with customers including Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and a termination fee related to its collapsed NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI.O) deal.
Revenue fell to $ 5.80 billion in quarter ended September 30, from $ 5.91 billion a year earlier.
Qualcomm's loss was $ 493 million, or 35 cents per share, compared with $ 168 million, or 11 cents per share, a year earlier. bit.ly/2Pf8YvL
Reporting by Sonam Rai in Bengaluru and Stephen Nellis in San Francisco; Editing by Anil D'Silva